• DocumentCode
    519968
  • Title

    Characterization of dynamic nonlinear absorption of carbon nanotube saturable absorber

  • Author

    Wang, F. ; Popa, D. ; Sun, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Torrisi, F. ; Ferrari, A.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Dynamic nonlinear absorption of composite-type single-wall carbon nanotube saturable absorbers is characterized using both femtosecond and picosecond pump pulses. Results are compared with numerical simulations based on two commonly used saturable absorber models.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; nonlinear optics; numerical analysis; optical saturable absorption; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; dynamic nonlinear absorption; femtosecond pump pulses; numerical simulations; picosecond pump pulses; saturable absorber models; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499526